Method of building docks.



T. N. BERGE. METHOD-0P BUILDING nocxs. I v APPLIUATION FILED JUNE in, 1910. 971,964, Patented Oct. 4', 1910;

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AIME/V578 T. N. BERGE. METHOD OF BUILDING DOGKS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE15, 1910.

Patented 001:4, 1910.

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IIVVENTOH 70 778 flarye I. jib all whom it meg concern:

UN T TE PAT NI OFFICE;

. romnmnLsnn BERGE, OF nononnm MET-HOD or BUlTIDINQ;

Specification of Iietters i aten ti a I vfi Patented" oven -4, 19in.

Application filed June 15, 1910. QSeriaLNo; 56ii 966.

[13o it known that I, TORJE N. Bnnen, a cift1zen of the United States, and o resident particular purpose being to provide for per of Hoboken, in the county lot Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Method of BuildingtDoeks, l of. whichthefollmving is a fullpcleur, and exact description.

My invention relates to methods of building docks and similar structures, my more formin the work n'o ressivel be innin h h C1 h ,atthe top of the ground and completing section by seetion of the dock iyall as the ex- (salvation carried downward thus excluding, asfu r.:is praeticable, the entrance'of surfece Water '.while the Work isbeing conltionfiii which"similar elniincters of reference Iindieate corresponding. 1 pa l-ts in all y the figures.

Figure I is a section showing 'a dock wall made in gec'ordance wlth 'IDYdIlVGI'liIlOIl Land containing in this instance piling arranged in tiers and '21 Concrete. lln'l'ng en-V gaging and resting upon the piling; 1 1g. 2

13 n fragmentary. section showing a wall similar to that appearing in Fig. 1,bu t unfinished; Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the piling used for the wall, the concrete being removed for the sake of clenrness; Figf l is .a plan View showing how-the piling is ar ranged in a modified forln ofithe invention-- to Wit, that exhibited in Fig. 5; and F1g. 5

is ai vertiealsection showing inylinvention' employed ithout completely "covering. the

i il'g dressed off littl' wagon, the-upp sueaeijerfi w zilllover the area 'to be occupied by the dock. A number of piles 'f nip together ing evel driven downwardly ilito th 'e'it 1 and-tire tied together atthe top by'nitl of tie plates- 8 resting directly upon the tops thereofand secured thereto by fastenings-Q. The group ofpiles 7 may be extended indefinitely, being either carried completely around the greater portion of thedoek or arrangedto reach any distance desired' An Itjxcavation is next n1ade,,the, earth-b'eii-ig re oved and carted away so as to form 'anew level upon the line 10 in *-ig s."1 nnd-.2'. Another; group of iles-waleei'esooeiven downwiztrdlygibut being starte'fl thffroniflthgegleve'l when flush Wit-l1 the earn-m this e these piles are-edf-isi-"d aibly I L hii torps iofl the piles 7,"'as will be understoodkfromi-Fig; 1. Tie plates-11 are next secured upon thetops of the piles 7. p In driving down a llso'f the piles room is made between them a't 'inter- .vals, and after each tier or group 'is-part'i'ally finished, a number ofbrac'e' piles 12 are driven obliquely "downward-- through the spaces thus left. The 'braee p'il'e's 12 are secured by fastenings- 13 to the tie plates 11; as imeenu in Fig and J tii'ely; -'thr'ol tgl'r zill :E' into tit e-edit y 'l and iglit jf f .-ig: :2'. A bddy of plestic ie in; d nette-dig unite-rial 1.4,prefe'rablyi Concrete, "ground-or ceinentitious immaterial,- or mortar,- is now -1')'lzieed'i n position,' as indictitedfat the left of Fig. "2, this body of plastic material resting partly upon the tie pletes 11 and extending over the highest. art of the piling to the earth .This is al owed to set; Another exeW-ati'on is made so that the-upper level of the; earth; inside of theonstiruction is re-:= dueed tottli'e level 16a Anothergzgroup of d indieated e-ttlr efboigFigl.

in position so as to restpri pally upon the tie'plates 18 and fornied into the shaf'pe iii- "is-110W placed plastic; ingite'niml rea ching. .up and-engaging.

bf the: mass; andi- {idherming altogethensia e" "14, foi eiin gtssiflglesolio us p 'lwseii i ri helmets notifi wim e teemcsoe. u heowos is Immenbreaches an altitude 'sufiieiently low to coincide with the bottom of thedock, This being d0n'e( see bottom of Fig. 1). a number of piles are driven downward and tied together: Q

by tie plates 24, and upon these tie plates is inentioned ehrth level. -B'rac'e piles 31 arethen drivenin obliquely so as to extend entire-1y through the piling and reach into the earth, 26. ,Anothet excavation is now made so asto r eacli'the-earth level 32, and a row of pile s 33, is next driven into the earth and flush .witli'the level last mentioned. Another excavation being made, reaching the earth level; 34, arow of piles 35 is next put down, .'Ih.en follows another excavation to a new level 36', this being followed by put ting down. a row -of iles 37 This process is continued indefinitely until the proper levclis reached to forin the floor of the dock.

.At intervalspile braces 38 are. driven obliquely ,through the piling and into the earth, as'abo've esc'ribed. The proper level beii g reached for-[the bottom, a number of the flooring for the dock;

piles 39 are drivendowni'vardly and mountql uponthem are t1e plates a0. Qver these he plates is spread 'a thick layer ll forming Having thusalescribed my invention, 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent: a

n 1. The method herein described of building docks, which consists in beginning at the-surface ofjhe earth, excavating downwardly therefrom to a definite lc vel, con1 leting a portion of a wall from the upper evel of the earth to the level thus reached,

- next again eacavating'so as to reach a lower level, and next extending the wall d0wno being a repeated until. the wall reaches a \vardly to the levellast reached, thesesteps proper depth.

2. The tliod herein described j t build- T; .ingjdbcks, which consists iiifldriving piling into the earth so as to bringf the top of the piling- .substantiallg. flnsli with the upper u'ti eeoiw e' t .saidlp li .t i a ter rm a driving 'p'i in'gkillm said la. l eliijn'sl t -s in I t l-ll fsnpporte'dlpartl'y b sa egtca'v'ating adjacent to \v'earth level, entioned earth lestic material (1 'liistqiientioned piland partly said""fir's tmentioned The liod hereinfdescribed of build- "mg desks-which consists in driving piling depth.

into the earth, removing portions, of earth from one side of said piling, driving other piling into the earth, beginning at the level to which the excavation is. carried, and spreading a plastic material upon all of the piling.

l. The method herein described of building docks, which consists in beginning at the v normal surface of the earth, excavating downwardly and forming a succession of .steps, placing a charge of plastic material upon the uppermost of said steps, allowing the same to set, placing another charge of plastic material upon the next lower step, the upper surface of said last-mentioned charge of plastic materialreaching above the lowermost portion of the first-mentioned charge and adhering thereto, next excavating farther and forming another step, and filling in another char e, the process being repeated until, the \val reaches the desired The method herein described of building docks, which consists in driving piles into the earth, removing portions of earth away from oneside of said piling, driving other piles into the earth so that the upper level of said last-mentioned piles is lower than the upper level of said first-mentioned piles, thereby forming a step tying togethc r the piles thus placed, excavntingagain so as to reach the lower level, driving down other piles, and contirming this process until the dock wall has reached the desired level.

6.- The method herein described, of building docks, which consists in driving down a number of piles, excarating the earth adjacent to one side of said piles, driving down another row of piles, excarating'the earth to anew level flush with the top ofsaid last-- inintioned row, driving down another row of piles adjacent to the last row, excavating again to a new level, and continuing these steps until the upper level of the last piling corrcsponds'to the depth to which the dock is to be dug.

7. The method herein described, of building docks, which consists in driving down .piling to different levels, tying together the tops of thepiling at said different levels, and securing said piling firmly in position by driving oblique y therethrough a number of inclined piles reaching into the earth:

In testimony whereof I have signed 'my nameto thisspecitication .inthe presence of 115 twos'ubscribing witnesses.

I TORJE NIELSEN BER-GE. Witnesses:

CHA'izLEs MEYER,

'JnN's" Jensen. 

